(Video) WH overruled CIA and kept Iraq WMD claim in '03 speech

During testimony today in the Scooter Libby trial, it was revealed that in 2003 CIA Director George Tenet wanted the White House to remove the part in Bush's State of the Union speech that claimed Saddam Hussein had sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.  The CIA knew that the claim was false.  But the White House was desperate to make the case for war, even if it meant tricking the American public into thinking that Saddam Hussein had nuclear capabilities. 

Hardball's David Shuster explained that the White House rebutted the CIA's efforts to make sure correct intelligence was put into the speech -- just months before the start of the Iraq war (the video might be down from time to time.  If you are unable to view it, come back in about 20 minutes and it should be available):

So for now on, no one can say that it was the intelligence community's fault that Bush got the wrong information about Iraq's WMD's.  The White House cherry-picked intelligence to fit their pre-determined argument in favor of war in Iraq.